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Constitutional Law
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Rules and principles that describe the powers of government and peoples' rights. Addresses relationship between people and their government
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Statutory/Legislative Law
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Governs society- basic rules which are written by legislature or congress
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Administrative Law
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Set by appointed agencies of government basic rules applied to specific groups (Ohio Board of Nursing)
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Common Law
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Court made law based on interpretaion of statutory law (Roe VS Wade)
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Criminal Law
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Offense that causes harm to society in general (jail, fine, or both)
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Civil Law
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Affects legal rights of individuals or corporations (more likely than not that the incident happened)
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Tort
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Private wrong against a person or their property by act or omission
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Intentional Tort
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Assault & battery, false imprisonment, defamation, breach of confidentiality
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Unintentional Tort/Negligence
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Person does not act in a resonable matter and causes harm or damage to a person or their property
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Malpractice
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Negligent conduct of a professional person
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Liabiltiy
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Legal responsibility
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Breach of Duty
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Failure to comply with standards of care
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*** The 6 rights of administering medication
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1. Right patient 2. right medication 3. right dose
4. right route 5. right time 6. right documentatin
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What are "Standards of Practice"
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That of which the average qualified healthcare provider of the same training and background would provide under the same circumstances
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What are "Standards of Care"
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Describe outcomes of care, focus on patient
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